Etz Chaim Synagogue

Etz Chaim Synagogue
Etz Chaim Synagogue
	Exterior view of the synagogue, in 2015
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Orthodox Nusach Sefard (1917–c. 2003); Non-denominational (since c. 2003);
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue; Jewish history museum;
Leadership	Rabbi Gary S. Berenson
Location
Location	267 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101
Country	United States
	Location in Maine
Geographic coordinates	43°39′44″N 70°15′09″W / 43.662095°N 70.252478°W
Architecture
General contractor	Louis Serota
Date established	1917 (as a congregation)
Completed	1921
Website
	etzchaim-portland.org

Etz Chaim Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Tree of Life") is a unaffiliated Jewish congregation, synagogue, and Jewish history museum, located at 267 Congress Street, at the head of India Street, in Portland, Maine, United States. The congregation is the only immigrant-era European-style synagogue remaining in Maine.^[1] It was founded in 1917 as an English-language Orthodox Sefardi congregation, rather than in the Yiddish-language tradition; and the synagogue was completed in 1921.^[2] In c. 2003, the dwindling Orthodox congregation became egalitarian and unaffiliated with any movement.

Gary S. Berenson is the congregation's rabbi.^[3]

Located in the India Street Historic District, the building has also housed the Maine Jewish Museum since 2010.^[4]

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